Springsteen wrote "Born to Run," "Thunder Road" and "Backstreets" while living at this house on the Jersey coast from 1974-75.

Source: "Born to Run" 30th anniversary DVD documentary from 2005.

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The Boss was "Born to Run" here (ouch) on September 23, 1949. At the time, it was called Monmouth Memorial Hospital.

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The title for the 1987 album The Joshua Tree by U2 was inspired the Joshua tree's etymology.

According to Mormon legend, the plant was named after the Old Testament prophet Joshua, as the tree's stretching branches reminded them of Joshua raising his hands in prayer.

The actual cover art for the The Joshua Tree was shot off of Route 190 in the Mojave Desert in Death Valley.

This guy found the tree and took some pictures.

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Several of the psychopaths converge at Joshua Tree National Park at the end of Seven Psychopaths to go camping and have a shootout.

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The Beat Farmers were a cowpunk/rockabilly/Americana band that formed in 1983 and played around the San Diego State campus area, especially at the Spring Valley Inn. In that year, the Beat Farmers recorded a live album there, Live at the Spring Valley Inn, 1983 that wasn't released until 2003.

The Beat Farmers's big hit was Happy Boy, which is still played every Friday at 3 pm on the Pittsburgh radio station WDVE to signal the end of the work week.

Beat Farmer songs have been featured in a number of cinematic masterpieces, including Rad, Teen Wolf Too, Major League, and The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.

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